PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoFrench sharpshooters engaging German troops during the Franco-Prussian Warmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up127arrow-down1imageFrench sharpshooters engaging German troops during the Franco-Prussian Warmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSo important to remember that Napoleon III was a despot who subverted his republic, and replaced competent people with blind loyalists. The result was a mismatched war, and soldiers like those sharpshooters put in impossible situations.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoYou think that is bad? Imagine being under the rule of Prussians. Sincerely, a Bavarian
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoImagine being wedged in between Prussians, Bavarians, and the Fr*nch. Sincerely, a Badener
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSometimes you lose and sometimes the others win…
minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m re-reading about this battle, and it turns out the Bavarians are the ones who are attacking the people in this painting.
So important to remember that Napoleon III was a despot who subverted his republic, and replaced competent people with blind loyalists. The result was a mismatched war, and soldiers like those sharpshooters put in impossible situations.
You think that is bad? Imagine being under the rule of Prussians.
Sincerely, a Bavarian
Imagine being wedged in between Prussians, Bavarians, and the Fr*nch.
Sincerely, a Badener
Sometimes you lose and sometimes the others win…
I’m re-reading about this battle, and it turns out the Bavarians are the ones who are attacking the people in this painting.